Zong Shibing hesitated. Races on the Sea of Learning were commonplace.
The rules of the Sea of Learning Race were simple: whoever sailed the farthest won.
Before the outcome was decided, every Literary Heart Fish caught would be enveloped by the power of the Sea of Learning and hover above its owner's head. Once the race ended, depending on its terms, the losers would surrender either some or all of their Literary Heart Fish to the winner.
Especially during the era when the kingdoms waged war against one another, many people raced on the Sea of Learning every year. Many earned enough to fill their pots and bowls to overflowing, and some winners even auctioned off their Literary Heart Fish on the spot after coming ashore.
Almost all the most outstanding Grand Academicians, Great Scholars, and even Half-Sages of the Human Race today had won races back then, acquiring numerous powerful literary hearts.
In that era, anyone without four or five literary hearts would have been embarrassed to be called a genius.
But after the Battle of Two Worlds Mountain inflicted devastating losses on the Human Race, the kingdoms stopped fighting one another. The races gradually dwindled, usually occurring only once every two or three years.
Li Fanming said, "Brother Zong, you declared that the Inner Sea doesn't bear the surname Fang, yet you don't dare race Fang Yun. What does that make you? We're all people of standing. Words spoken are water spilled, and a scholar's spit is worth even more. And Lei Longkuo, stop stirring up trouble over there. If you have the guts, race Fang Yun yourself."
Everyone laughed inwardly. Although Zong Shibing and Lei Longkuo were both stirring up trouble, Li Fanming was no lamp that burned little oil either. His skill at provoking trouble was